Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” Nominated for Country Music Award

Lil Nas X is finally getting the recognition from the country music scene that he deserves.

On Wednesday morning (Aug. 28), the Country Music Awards revealed their nominees for this year's award show. The CMAs announced that Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (Remix) featuring country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus is one of five nominees who are up for the Musical Event of the Year award. The "Panini" artist couldn't hide his excitement for the nomination.

"Thank you guys for this nomination!!" Nas X tweeted soon after the announcement was made.

The news about his nomination comes nearly six months after "Old Town Road" was removed from Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Back in March, a Billboard insider explained that Lil Nas X's song was removed from the Hot Country Songs list because the song "does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.”